January 16, 2001 (idea)

I got up early, walked the dogs, chatted online, and went
to interview with CTO of company I really wanted to work for. The interview
was excellent, all of the interviews there were. The company rocks. Afterwards
the CTO said "I think we're good to go" and the Head Recruiter
said she would try to get back to me this afternoon or at the latest tomorrow
morning.

Then, after telling absolutely everyone I could think of I walked the
beasts and had a thought. "Hey, it would be cool to fly wuukiee out
here next weekend." I came home, asked her if she was free and if she
wanted to come then headed off to a friends for cookies, muffins, and
conversation. When I got back I accosted wuukiee online again and tried
to figure out some exact time-tables. That settled I was about to buy her
a ticket but as I was reserving it the price jumped $100. I'm not kidding...
IN the time it took to reserve it jumped. So, push the deal back one week
and low and behold we have our non-stop flight again at the old price.
YAY. Ordering through Yahoo / Travelocity was a majoy pain in the ass
so I just went to US AIR's site and ordered directly from them...This worked
much better.

So, I purchased my first plane ticket, which will ship my friend
to me in 3 weeks, got a job, and had a generally rocking day. Damn I love
this life. Whoever is watching out for me... THANK YOU.

Ps. I am the official webmaster (or is that webmistress) for iphrase.com
now. :)